[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Atlantic
Beach 10-18-1976 by L.L. No. 2-1976. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
It is hereby declared to be the intent and policy of the Incorporated
Village of Atlantic Beach, County of Nassau, State of New York to preserve
and maintain the residential and wholesome character of the Incorporated Village
of Atlantic Beach, and to protect the health, safety and welfare of its residents
and inhabitants.
The following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them
below; all other words and phrases shall have meaning normally ascribed to
them unless a contrary meaning is clearly apparent from the content:
- FAMILY
- Any number of persons related by blood, adoption or marriage, living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit. A number of persons not exceeding two not related by blood, marriage or adoption and any ward of either unrelated person, living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit, shall be deemed as constituting a "family."[1]
- PERSON
- Any individual, partnership, corporation or unincorporated association.
All dwellings, premises, homes, houses and apartments in the Incorporated
Village of Atlantic Beach are restricted to one-family occupancy.
A.
No person either as landlord, lessor, lessee or occupant
of any dwelling, premise, home, house or apartment shall lease, permit or
allow such dwelling, premise, home, house or apartment to be occupied by more
than one family.
A.
No licensed real estate broker, agent or salesperson
in the employ of a licensed real estate broker, shall cause a written lease
to be executed by a landlord, lessor, lessee or occupant of any dwelling,
premise, home, house or apartment in the Village of Atlantic Beach, to be
occupied by more than one family.
B.
Every licensed real estate broker, agent or salesperson
in the employ of a licensed real estate broker, who procures such lease for
a landlord, lessor, lessee or occupant of any dwelling, premise, home, house
or apartment in the Village of Atlantic Beach, shall file with the Village
Clerk of Atlantic Beach within 10 days of the execution of such
lease, a true copy of the lease, or if the lease is oral, the name or names
and address or addresses of the lessees and the substance of the letting agreement,
together with the name or names and address or addresses of the lessors.
C.
Penalties for offenses.[1]
(1)
Every licensed real estate broker, agent or salesperson
in the employ of a licensed real estate broker, who shall violate this chapter
shall be punished by and subject to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment
not to exceed 15 days, or both.
(2)
Each day that a person violates this chapter shall constitute
a separate and distinct violation and shall subject such person to the fine
hereinabove stated.